Principal, Business Development and Strategy Services – Energy sector focus

We are looking for a Principal consultant to lead business development and our strategy services for our Management Consulting (MC) team in Kuala Lumpur focusing on the energy sector and the energy transition with opportunity to also support our bioindustry services. The role will focus on the Malaysian market but will also work collaboratively with our global Management Consulting offices as well as AFRYs other divisions in the APAC region.

Responsibilities

Your scope of work will include the following:

• • Overall leadership of our Management Consulting (MC) operations in Malaysia and with Malaysia clients with focus on strategy services for the energy sector and the energy transition (and possibly also the bioindustry sector). Essential responsibilities include proactive marketing and business development developing capabilities project supervision and/or management reporting supervising and mentoring junior team members and ensuring their utilisation levels quality control and customer satisfaction.
  • Active business development of MC services to Malaysia-based clients and international clients interested in the Malaysian market with focus on Strategy services. MC services include: market analysis power market modelling and market price projections; transaction services (especially market and commercial due diligence); energy transition advisory/strategy and corporate decarbonisation advisory/strategy from market and commercial perspectives; economic techno-economic and financial modelling; electricity market design; renewable energy procurement as well as portfolio analysis and optimisation; and similar.
  • Development of thought leadership materials and presentations.
  • Collaborating with other AFRY units as appropriate and representing MCs capabilities and potential contributions in multi-disciplinary and multi-department projects such as waste to energy gas/LNG-fired power plants CCS green hydrogen/ammonia sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) biomass to power transmission and interconnectors data centres and nuclear power.
  • Acting as Project Manager or Project Director (depending on the project) for selected MC projects in Malaysia or focusing on Malaysia.
  • Acting as Project Manager or Project Director (depending on the project) for selected Strategy projects that may focus on other countries in the region as appropriate.
  • Line management of the Malaysia MC team and Strategy-focused staff (typically 2-5 direct reports total) including setting their individual annual objectives evaluating their performance and ensuring their utilisation levels; as well as recruitment of MC team members in Malaysia and/or those focusing on Strategy projects in Malaysia or other offices in APAC.
  • Coordinating resources for larger multi-disciplinary projects driven or owned by MC from among 500 energy focused staff in the Asia region (inside and outside of MC) as well as coordination with AFRY specialists in other offices around the world.
  • Preparation of reports for the clients as required and quality control for the internal report preparation process.
  • Ensure the application of AFRYs group guidelines and other internal and external policies in order to guarantee a sustainable and compliant conduct of business.
  • Leading by example to promote AFRYs values including acting as a Brave Devoted Team Player.
  • Short term travel expected in projects and to support business development in Malaysia and possibly the broader APAC region.

Qualifications :

Qualifications and Requirements

• Higher professional degree in field relevant for the job typically including Engineering Business Economics or related (. or higher)
• Industry background including good connections with local energy sector clients and more than 10 years work experience from power utilities IPP developers engineering companies power sector consulting companies or general management consultancies with energy sector coverage
• Good experience in developing consulting projects
• Fluency in English
• Excellent report writing presentation and verbal communication skills
• Good experience in client interaction
• Ability to work well with people from a range of cultures
• Ability to work independently
• Proactive personality drive and energy

Additional Information :

We offer a competitive salary a performance-related bonus scheme and a strong range of benefits in a friendly international working environment with a wide variety of interesting and challenging projects.

If you want to contribute to the energy transition while helping drive our consulting business please apply by providing a CV and cover letter stating why you want to work for AFRY and your salary expectations. We only accept online applications.

If we think you could be a good fit for the organisation you will be invited to an interview.

For further information please visit our website 

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